Notes on the Birds of Southeastern Alaska

Bailey, Alfred

From introduction: "These notes were made while I was a representative of the U.S. Biological Survey, with headquarters in Juneau, and are published though the courtesy of Dr. E.W. Nelson, Chief of the Survey. Because of Dr. Nelson's years of interest in Alaskan work, I was given every encouragement to cover as much territory as possible, and so, during the year and a half covered by these notes, from November 1919 to April 1921, I was privileged to work in many sections. Mr. George Willett has done more work in southeastern Alaska than any other naturalist, but his has been confined more or less, to the southern portion, while the greater part of my time was spent north of Frederick Sound; the 1907 and 1909 Alexander Expeditions covered a large part of the field, and the personnel of these expeditions is sufficient proof that the ground was well worked. With all the collecting done in southeastern Alaska, however, there has been little duplication; the northern expression-"our trails crossed," is an apt one, for though possibly a dozen "bird men " have worked in the region, the possibilities for further study are unlimited. There are few winter notes from the northern section. A gasoline boat is a necessity to the collector, and a large list of species is to be obtained only by visiting many localities. On the other hand, while birds of a given spot may be few in number, there are several localities where intensive work should be carried on, to work out the life histories of little known species. Glacier Bay, to my mind, is an ideal field. Several southern breeding records could be made there, I am sure."

Notes on the Birds of Southeastern Alaska

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